An anabranch is a section of a river or stream that diverts from the main channel or stem of the watercourse and rejoins the main stem downstream. Local anabranches can be the result of small islands in the watercourse . In larger anabranches, the flow can diverge for a distance of several or even hundreds of kilometers before rejoining the main channel.
4-693: Edward River , or Kolety is an anabranch of the Murray River and part of the Murray–Darling basin , is located in the western Riverina region of south-western New South Wales , Australia . The river rises at Picnic Point east of Mathoura , as a result of the bottleneck created in the Murray by the Cadell Fault , and flows generally north through river red gum forest, reaching Deniliquin and then flowing generally west through Moulamein . It
8-560: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This New South Wales river or creek related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Anabranch The term anabranch , in its hydrological meaning, is used more frequently in Australia than in the rest of the English-speaking world. The term anabranching river describes a river with many anabranches, whilst an anastomosing river
12-415: Is an organic-rich subset of this river type. The term braided river describes watercourses which are divided by small islands into multiple channel threads within a single main channel, but the term does not describe the multiple channels of an anabranching river. A distributary is a branch of a river that does not rejoin the main channel; these are common on and near river deltas . A bayou
16-626: Is joined by six minor tributaries , before reaching its confluence with the Wakool River and re-entering the Murray at Wakool Junction, near Kyalite . The river descends 49 metres (161 ft) over its 383-kilometre (238 mi) course . Kolety was gazetted as a dual official name for the river in 2006. [REDACTED] Media related to Edward River at Wikimedia Commons 34°58′54.87″S 143°29′27.19″E / 34.9819083°S 143.4908861°E / -34.9819083; 143.4908861 This Riverina geography article
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